Mojo 111 - Owlways in my heart

How about a little Mojo Monday on Sunday. LOL! It feels like I have been unable to create for so long. I was sick with the flu for the last week. I finally felt good enough to venture in my scrap room yesterday and I came up with a card for this week's Mojo Monday challenge.

Here was this week's sketch:



And my take on the sketch:



Isn't that owl just adorable! The owl and sentiment are from the October 2009 Kit of the Month by Unity.

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enjoy IHPBB2

Here is the Day 2 card I made for the challenge for the birthday celebration over at I {heart} papers! The challenge for Day 2 was to use a non traditional fold. When I checked out Design Team member Deb's blog: With a Stamp and a Song she had a link to this tutorial: Spring card tutorials I love the look of this type of card so I decided to try it:



I used some American Crafts paper I had in my stash for the card base. I used Nestabilities Classic Squares for the image square and the pink square. These Nestabilities can be found in the I {heart} paper store here: Nestabilites Classic Squares The cupcake is from the Mix Up of Cuteness set by Unity also found in the I {heart} papers store. I used grape stickles on the frosting and Glossy Accents on the cherry (both also found in the I {heart} papers store).

Birthday Wishes IHPBB1

Here is my first entry for this week's birthday batch over at I {Heart} Papers! The Day 1 challenge was to use the colors from their logo: celery, light blue, rose and black.



I embossed part of the background with a cuttlebug folder. I punched the scallop square and added baby blue stickles to the scallops.(available in the I {heart} papers store here: baby blue stickles ) I added a party hat by American Crafts and bling on the hat. Some ribbon, a flower, another bling gem and the sentiment and done! The sentiment is part of the Love in the Air kit by Unity.

Mojo 107 - Star card

In honor of my birthday today I am posting a birthday card I made for my nephew. I used the Mojo 107 sketch.






Papers are DCWV.
Stamps are Prima Baby Boy collection.

Friends with Flair!

Super short post for this weeks Friends with Flair Friday! I ran out of time this week but I am sharing a card I made using the MOJO 101 sketch.

Make sure you go to the Unity Blog to see all the Friends creations for today! You may find the Friends with Flair badge and win free stamps!!!!




Stamp is from the October 2008 Kit of the Month.

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Sketchfest Saturday - You are my Sunshine

Last day of the 7 day Sketchfest over at Caardvarks! What a fun and inspiring week! Some of the sketches were harder than other but every single one got my mojo going. Now I just have to tackle my messy scraproom! LOL!

Here is the final sketch:



And here is my card:



The sun stamp is from the July Kit of the Month by Unity.
The bird is from the Birdie Inspiration set by Unity.
The sentiment is from the Flirty Flowers set by Unity.


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Sketchfest Friday - thank you

Day 6 of Sketchfest over at Caardvarks! I am totally saving today's sketch for future cards. Super easy quick design!

Here is today's sketch:



And here is my card:



Pattern Paper is from DCWV.
Butterfly stamp is from the Bevy of Butterflies set by Unity.
Sentiment is from the Thank You Words set by Unity.

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Sketchfest Thursday - Love is in the Air

We are at day 5 of the 7 day Sketchfest over at Caardvarks. Loved today's sketch! I always find it interesting to see how my card comes out. It's never quite like I picture in my head. Sometimes better, sometimes worse. Not sure about today's outcome. I like it but it definitely looked different in my head. :)

Here is today's sketch:



And here is my card:




Patterned papers and foam hearts are from the Target Dollar Spot.
Stamp is from the Love in the Air set by Unity.

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Sketchfest Wednesday - Friendship

Today is day 4 for Sketchfest at Caarvarks. Love today's sketch because it seemed to come together in my head so fast.

Here was today's sketch:



And here is my take on it:



Stamps are from the Everyday Adorable set by Unity.

Papers are from the June Bug collection by Basic Grey.

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Sketchfest Tuesday - Happy Birthday Wishes

So it's day three of Sketchfest on Caarvarks. Wonderful sketches so far this week. I have been able to finish the cards quickly. That's very helpful since I have to work all day so I only have a short time to play in my scrap room. I decided to turn the sketch today because the ideas were just not flowing for the vertical sketch.

Here is today's sketch:



And here's my take on the sketch:



The happy sentiment is from the Flirty Flower set by Unity. The Birthday wishes sentiment is from the Love in the air set by Unity.


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Sketchfest Monday - Be glad of life

Today is day two of Sketchfest on Caarvarks. The details of the 7 day Sketchfest can be found on their blog: http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/

I had a little more time to work on today's sketch but I still managed to get this card done in about an hour.

Today's sketch:



My take on the sketch:



The stamp sentiment is from the Birdie Inspiration set by Unity.

Flowers are Prima.

Ribbon is American Crafts.

Border Punch is Fiskars.


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Sketchfest Sunday - You Simply Shine

Today is the first day of a week long sketchfest on Caarkvarks. Check out the details here on their blog: http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/

I didn't have a lot of time to come up with card today since today is my Dad's birthday and I spent the day at my parents. I came up with this card in about an hour! :) I did look at the sketch before I left today so the ideas were running around in my head. :)

Here's the sketch:



And here is my take on the sketch:



The stamps are Unity. Thanks for stopping by!!

Friends with Flair - Happy Holidays

Another Friday Friends with Flair! So I thought the unofficial theme for today was to use the Unity Addicts challenge from this week. I guess it was "Things that grow." Oops! I already started this card though and didn't have time to change it.

So here is my holiday card using Red, Blue, Pink and Kraft:



The flower stamp is from the April Kit of the Month. I stamped the flower with Positively Pink ink from SU.

The sentiment is from the Bitty Christmas Tags kit. I stamped the sentiment with Brilliant Blue from SU.

The gems are red (they kind of look darker in the picture). They are from Kaiser.

I believe the paper is from DCWV but not 100% sure since it was from my scraps box. Pink paper was also in my scraps box.

Make sure to check out everyone's Friends with Flair blog posts today by starting at the Unity Blog: http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ Unity is also having some great contests to kick of their new "Who does that?" motto.

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Mojo 104 - Hoppy Birthday

I made a card today for this week's Mojo Monday challenge. I used some images that were given to my from someone in my RAK group. I believe the stamps are from Stampin Up though. I honestly started this card to be a boy card but it ended up girl card. :) I used glossy accents on the eyes. The paper is from DCWV. Flowers are from Prima. I colored the pearls in the center of the flowers pink.

Here is the sketch:






And here is my take on the sketch:






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Caardvarks Challenge

The current challenge over on the Caardvarks Blog is to make a card using one of three sketches. I love all three sketches so I made a card for each.

First up is this sketch:



And my take on the sketch:



Uh lots of glitter on this one! :) Papers are DCWV. Stamp is Unity from the July Kit of the Month.

Second sketch:



And my take on the sketch:




I really like how this one turned out. The card size is bigger though (5 x 6 1/2). Patterned paper and 123 border strip are by Making Memories. Stamps are by Unity from the August Kit of the Month. Scallop border punch by Fiskars.

And the third sketch:



And my take on the sketch:




This one is my favorite. I used glossy accents on the glass cover. The cupcake stamp is from the August Kit of the Month by Unity. The sentiment is also by Unity (not sure what kit it's from.) Ribbon is American Crafts. Border punch is Fiskars.

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Friends with Flair - Best of luck

Happy Friday!! Today is Friends with Flair Friday! Yay! Make sure you go check out all the blogs participating in the Friends with Flair hop today by starting at Unity's blog. You can win 25 free stamps by finding the blog with the special Friends with Flair blinkie!

I made this card using the a sketch from Card Patterns:







Papers are from DCWV. Flowers are Prima. The stamps are from the Bevy of Butterflies by Unity.

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Mojo 103 - You Inspire Me

I had time on this wonderful holiday to finish my MOJO card! This week you can win a free set from Verve.

Here is the sketch for this week:



And here is my card:



The papers are form the English Garden collection by Making Memories. The stamps are from the July Kit of the Month by Unity.

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Friends with Flair!

So today is the first Friends with Flair Friday! If you have been to my blog before you will remember the we usually have Hip Hop Hangover on Fridays. Well Hip Hop ended last week and Unity will be starting something exciting and new on 9/17. One of the new changes is that Friday will now be Friends with Flair to showcase the customer's awesome Unity creations! Plus there will be a hidden blinkie on someone's blog. If you find the Friends With Flair blinkie you could win 25 random stamps from Unity!!!! How exciting! Be sure to check out all the participating blogs at the Unity blog: http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

I am sharing a card I made using The Sweet Stop sketch SSS19.



I also made this card for the Paper Manic first challenge on their challenge Blog.

I used a cuttlebug folder on the top of the background paper. I used white embossing powder for the sentiment. The stamps are from the Snow-one like you set by Unity.

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I believe - Mojo102

I actually finished a Mojo card early in the week! I made this card yesterday on my day off but didn't get it uploaded until today. I used Studio G stamps, DCWV patterned papers, stickles and gems. I really like how it turned out.

Here's the sketch:



Here's my card:



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Hip Hop Hangover

So the theme for today's Hangover is trees. There are so many wonderful tree stamps by Unity it was hard to pick one for the card. I decided to use the one from the August Kit of the Month. I also made this card for the doodling challenge on Hip Hop. I do NOT doodle. My handwriting is bad enough so my doodles are worse. I just used a basic line and dot doodle around the frame.



The pattern paper is by Anna Griffin from the Sierra Line.

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Sweet Nothin's

Today I am sharing a card I made using this week's sketch SSS18 at The Sweet Stop. I was going to use this for the Hip Hop Hangover post but tomorrow's theme is trees.



The pattern papers are from Making Memories.
Stamps are from the August 2009 Kit of the Month by Unity.

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Mojo Monday turns 100!

It's a celebration over at the Mojo Monday blog. This whole week there have been different sketches. This post is for their first sketch MOJO100.





I also made this card for the Hip Hop Challenge to Sponge it! on SCS. Not sure if I really like how the sponging turned out though. Loved this sketch so I will definitely be using it again.

Flower stamp is from the August 2009 Kit of the Month by Unity.
Sentiment is from the Bevy of Butterflies set by Unity.
Patterned paper is Making Memories.


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Hip Hop Hangover

Happy Friday!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using a sketch SSS17 from The Sweet Stop. It's hard to think of Fall when it's been so hot! Hope you like my card!



The pumpkin stamp is from the October KOTM by Unity.
The happy stamp is from the you + me = happy set by Unity.
The green paper is Bazzill Basics Dotted Swiss. (I just love the dotted swiss and I have been hoarding it!)
The chipboard letters are Thickers.


For your entertainment check out this super funny video done by the Unity Men:

Unity Boyz

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Hip Hop Hangover

TGI Hip Hop Hangover Friday!! We are leaving on a long weekend camping trip today! Yay!!!

I am posting my two Hip Hop challenge cards from yesterday.


This first one is just ugh! My camera battery died right when I was going to take the picture. I had to scan it. It really didn't scan very well. Trust me it looks better in person. I am thankful that the battery died though so I would get it charged up before we leave for our trip. Any way the stamps are from the Bevy of Butterflies set. Paper is by American Crafts.



This second card was for the Wing It challenge. I also used SC240 sketch. I tried a couple different versions of the butterflies on this card before it was finished including glitter (which just didn't work.)



Be sure to check out all the other blogs in the Hip Hop Hangover. You can find the list at the Unity blog.